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SHOULDER PAD.

(Application filed Jan. 13, 1899.)

Patented Mar. 28, I899.

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GUSTAV GOLDMAN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE PHOENIX COAT PADCOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

SHOULDER-PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 621,811, dated March28, 1899. Application filed January 13, 1899. Serial No. 702,093. (Nomodel.)

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My invention relates to pads that are placed within garment-shoulders;and it consists of a new article of manufacture that will alwaysmaintain its shape and consistency when bent in any direction orsubjected to pressure, tension, or strain and when relieved therefromwill immediately return to its normal shape and condition.

My invention consists of a pad composed of overlying folds of softyielding fabric having intermediate folds of similar material dividedinto sections and maintained a given distance apart, leaving betweensaid sections openings quadrangular in cross-section extendingcontinuously in right line transversely across the device, the overlyingfolds and interior sections of fabric being preferably fastened togetherby rows of stitching that prevent their disconnection when the garmentis bent in any direction, all as hereinafter fully described, andspecifically illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein likeletters of reference indicate similar parts on each figure thereof.

Figure 1 representsin perspective a shoulder-pad constructed inaccordance with my invention, the openings between the divided sectionsbeing shown in parallel alinement. Fig. 2 is a similar view of ashoulder-pad cov ered with thin folds of wadding, part of which isrepresented as disconnected and overturned, showing the under folds andsections, the open spaces between the divided sections appearingalternately above and below the folds of material that cover saidsections and intermediate transverse openings. Fig. 3 is a top plan viewhaving the upper fold removed therefrom. Fig. 4. is an under plan viewof the pad provided with a lower facing of thin fabric partly removedand turned over, showing portion of surface of lower part of the device.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings the pad is illus= trated as composed of aseries of superimposed folds diminishing in size from the bottom one tothe top one, said folds having intermediate folds of similar materialdivided into sections, leaving between said sections a series ofright-line openings extending transversely across the device in parallelalinement. In said figure said openings are represented as above oneanother in direct perpendicular registration; but in carrying out myinvention their relative positions may be changed, as desired.

In Figs. 2 and 3 the openings that extend transversely across the padbetween sections of folds of fabric of which the device is con--structed appear alternately above and below the main undivided foldsinstead of directly above and below one another, as represented inFig. 1. v

In Fig. 2 the completed pad is represented with its upper covering ofwadding partly lifted up, showing inner construction of the device withtransverse openings located alternately in relation to each otherbetween the overlying folds of fabric with which the device is formed.

In Fig. 3 the pad is shown with its upper fold entirely removed,illustrating in detail construction of the device of overlying folds offabric diminishing in size from lower to upper one and havingintermediate folds divided into sections, leaving between themtransverse openings located in alternate lines, as shown in perspectivein Fig. 2.

A is the pad proper, having an invertedlyarched lower edge a and anoutwardly-curved upper edge a, the marginal lines of each of whichextend to meeting points a at opposite ends of the device.

A are a series of unbroken folds of soft yielding material that in thefinished article cover pieces of similar material divided into sectionsB by intervening straight-line slits b, that extend from the lowerarched edge a transversely to the outer curvilinear edge a of the pad.The overlying folds and sections of fabric composing the device areconnected together by rows of stitching b, any required number of whichmay be employed in carrying out my invention. Said rows of stitching arepassed perpendicularly through the overlying folds and sections offabric, said rows being connected in short horizontal lines, asillustrated in Fig. 1. I do not, however,

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confine my invention to stitching the overlying parts together. They maybe fastened by means of sizing or adhesive material of any suitablecharacter placed on the meeting surfaces of any two elements of thedevice. Such manner of uniting said parts may be employed separately orin combination with sewing-lines without departing from the scope andpurview of my invention.

As illustrated in the drawings, the overlying folds and sectional piecesof fabric are crescent-shaped, the bottom being the largest and eachoverlying one reduced in size, so that at a given location 0 thefinished pad will be the thickest, from which the upper surface willincline in direction of each end point a and the outer margin a, therebyforming an architraved upper surface of the completed article. The uppersurface is provided with a covering of thin wadding D. The bottomsurface is covered with thin fabric E, such as cheese-cloth or othersuitable textile fabric, the marginal edges of which, as well as thewadding covering, being fastened to the inner material of which thedevice is constructed in any manner desired.

I do not claim the described upper and under surface covering as anessential element of my improved article of manufacture, although inmany respects they may .be employed in carrying out the invention andwill be found useful and serviceable.

Any number of folds and sections of fabric may be employed in forming apad constructed in accordance with my invention for use on garments ofvarious sizes.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is

l. A garment-pad composed of overlying folds of fabric, diminishing insize from the lower to the upper one, said folds having socured theretointermediate folds of similar material divided into sections, byright-line openings extending transversely across the device, all of theoverlying folds and intermediate sectional ones connected together bystitching passed through the superimposed layers of fabric from thelower to the upper one, substantially as described.

2; A garment-pad composed of overlying crescent-shaped folds of yieldingfabric, to which is connected intermediate folds of the same material,divided into sections, between which are right line openings, extendingtransversely across the device continuously from its each opposite edgeall in combination with yielding material overlying the upper surface ofthe folds of fabric and thin textile fabric covering the under surfacethere 7 of, substantially as described.

GUSTAV GOLDMAN. v Witnesses:

ALBERT P. STROBEL, CHARLES J. BRINKMAN.

